Life Rolls By

I shoot professional sports. This photo was taken during the Weld

County Road race near Johnstown, Colorado on April 20, 2013. I drove

the course a few days before to determine shooting locations. I have

seen this old two story barn for years, and finally had the opportunity to

use it for a shoot. Before the mens race came by, I set up on the second

floor of the barn. I then took several shots at different exposures and

focal points before the race came by. Just as I heard the moto come

over the nearby hill, signaling the race was coming, I set my exposure

and focal point to the road, set on manual, and took several shots as the

race came by. I later manually blended the images in CS6 and made

several adjustments to exposure, etc...and a little tone mapping.

Is a different interesting point of view for a sport moment caught,nice result of your idea.

Nice photo!

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This is certainly a different & creative way of framing the cyclists. It's a good juxtaposition as well. The vibrant cyclists vs. the ruins of the barn and dead tree serving as the frame. At first I thought I might crop a bit of the floor out. But, I would leave it. Cropping would affect the interesting wood at right. Maybe a slight burning in, especially the walls. Good photo

I was going to comment initially about how well you framed the cyclists by means of the doorway and also the tree, but Ken beat me to it.  I agree wholeheartedly with him.

You also did a great job capturing the textures of the wood.  The colors are just vivid enough, as well.

Excellent work . . . Congratulations on the POTD.

michael

Thanks for the comments.  When I shoot road racing, I always recon the course and try to incorporate some of the unique features into my coverage.  In this case, this old barn which was partially submerged by the recent CO flooding, but fortunately survived for another day.  This image was taken by placing the v=camera on an old chair in the second floor of this barn.  I left my tripod in my Jeep because I forgot it. ;-)